BRAVE Melissa Craven was over the moon when she came face to face with her 'one love'.

The seven-year-old's dream to meet her favourite boyband, Blue, came true after she was nominated for a courage award in a national women's magazine.

Melissa suffers from the rare illness Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a disorder that causes the skin to blister and weep if knocked, which means she needs constant supervision.

The Hazel Grove Primary School pupil was nominated for the awards in 'Woman's Own' by the charity DEBRA, which funds treatment and research into the killer disease.

And as Melissa's story of courage made it through to the final stage of the awards, the magazine organised the dream meeting with chart-toppers Simon Webbe, Lee Ryan, Duncan James and Anthony Costa.

Mum Gillian said: "She was very taken aback and gobsmacked, she was really good and kept it together though.

"They serenaded her with her favourite song, 'One Love', and gave her a signed poster and CD with special messages to her written on them.

"Simon's her favourite and he was absolutely wonderful with her, he knew that he was her favourite and sat her on his knee.

"He just wanted to give her a hug but of course couldn't, which brought a tear to everyone's eye."

Melissa met her idols at the studios of GMTV in London, where they were filming a feature on her.

A fan herself, Gillian added: "I just thought they were absolutely amazing, to think they are superstars and they were spending time with my daughter, they just would have done anything for her.

"They bent over backwards for her, you just could not fault them."

Tony Eckersall, fundraising manager for DEBRA in the north, said: "She is one of only around 1,000 people that suffer with EB and she is one of the most severe cases, so we put her forward for the awards."